After SEATTLE team GILMOUR has looked at our race program and decided on some engine combination changes . Although the engine is happy more horsepower is needed . The next race will be Pomona in the fall . All our changes should be compleated by then.

Arrived early thursday morning a day before qualifying , went over to Goodyear for tires only to be told all the tires were presold . Thanks to another racer Goodyear agreed to let us have 1 set of tires . Our first session the car ran 5.51 et. that put us in # 7 spot. Our second session qualifier we ran a 5.39 at 264 mph . The car very smooth and Webster left down on rpm . NHRA shortened our qualifying to 2 sessions insted of 3 . First round the clutch locked up causing us to overstage , that's racing .

Borrowed a set of tires for the Rocky Mountain Event , A combination we've never trieed before . The tire shake was so severe it broke our wing . The car was very fast to 400 feet but the shake was still so severe the driver had to shut down on every pass.

Our first outing of the season , we took an easy pass so our driver could get the feel of the car again since Pomona . The first hit we had a 5.95 et. the second hit was a tire smoke run . Third hit again tire smoke . First round of eliminations and more tire smoke . Changed the clutch and no help . Everything points to [ tires ] but we'll blame the driver .

Continueous snow has slowed the dragster operation as the truck and trailer are under 4 feet of snow causing us not to attend this years world of wheels. Looks like we also miss Vegas 4 wide race . Team Gilmour has been assisting Pro Ring Supply to get ready for the spring swap meet in Red Deer hosted by Quicktimes . Pro Ring will be show casing products for supercharged and nitrous applications along with OEM engine parts . After the Quicktimes event it will be off to Medicine Hat for their annual swap meet . Maybe by then the snow might start showing signs of melting and we can get putting the dragster back together .This has been a really long winter.

We'll be missing this years Winternationals in Pomona do to changes to the car and some team members . Much needed changes to make the Omega Dragster more competitive for todays performance level . Five thirty et's are respectable but hard to go rounds , again we couldn't make racing possable if it wasn't for our main sponsor OMEGA 2000 , and we thank DELL and GLENDA LLOYD for 14 years of on- going support .

Our first qualifing session we ran a 5.43 e.t. and the car appears to be happy . We install new tire for our 2nd session and the car goes into severe tire shake . We switched the tires to opposite sides of the car and the shake got worse . The next step is to change our clutch for our 3 rd session and still no improvement . The shake was so bad it broke our engine mount . We had no more time for anymore changes so we go into our first round of eliminations and that ended our day . The next 3 days we go over the entire car . Now is the Regional race in Vegas and only go 5.57 , that was not good enough to qualify for this race . POMONA CALIFORNIA FINALS with all new conditions and our first session , the car runs a 5.43 . By the time we get back to the pits we know we are only #18 qualifier . For the next session we put our old Good Year tires back on . The car we raced against is Julie Nataas who drives for Randy Meyer . She runs a World Record 5.11 against our 5.37, by the time we return to the pits we are still # 18 qualifier . The bump spot is a 5.36 being the last session of the day pressure is on everybody . Webster cuts a good light and ran a 5.33 260 mph. We made the show but are on the bump spot # 16 qualifier . Checking the race pac we find out Webster was off the throttle 4.9 seconds into the run . His half track speed was 217 mph and the best numbers we've ever seen . First round of eliminations and we draw Julie Nataas again , she runs 5.18 sending us home . The reward to all of this we were in the quickest alcohol field in NHRA history .

PRO RING will be supplying rings and bearings for the OMEGA 2000 TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER . PRO RING SUPPLY is located in Calgary Alberta , and is a supplier of extreme performance [ rings and bearings ] PRO RING was established in 2013 , PRO RING saw there was a market for high performance rings and bearings for the performance groups , and they have customers as far as OREGON . PRO RING has become a dealer for SCAT PRODUCTS ,GRP , RCD , TRICK TITANIUM , PAC SPRINGS CROWER and RACE TECH PISTONS . In 2016 now handle engine parts for domestic U.S. market .

Aug. Regional Race Seattle . Current driver John Leach was replaced as driver of the Kenny Gilmour Motorsports Dragster . Ken Webster of Red Deer Alberta took over driving chores . Many changes had to be made to the dragster so Ken was comfortable . After the Seattle race more seat time was needed ;so we tested at Rimby Raceways , where Ken set the track record on the very first pass .